I think it's a pretty good direction. It's not exactly punishment, it's just regulation. Left unchecked, these companies would get too powerful and become a monopoly.

Take Google for example, from Android to Gmail to Chrome to Maps. They are starting to own a very large share of access to most parts of our lives. Microsoft's decided to use Chromium in their browser now. The major browsers out there are Chrome and Firefox(sorry, Safari). How easy would you think it is for Chrome to just start rolling out standards they want developers to comply with? Very easy, I'd say.

It just isn't healthy, for everyone.

I think the notion of punishing a company is wrong. A company doesn't have feelings.

If a company is broken up for the good of the people, then it should be fine. After all, the company was made to provide services to the people.

Super successful can lead to monopoly behavior. Look at how many times they have been penalized for pushing their products and services only.

If I recall correctly EU penalized Google for:

• pushing their ecommerce websites to the first page above their competitors.
• not allowing Android users to remove some tools such as Chrome from apps.

So, I'd say that's fine because you need competition in order to maintain a healthy market balance.